Regardless of race, this is going to be the trend for quite some time. Take a look at the undergrad population at schools across the nation. In some schools the women outnumber the men by a two-to-one margin.

It won't be long before women are the dominant majority in most post-undergrad programs.

Regardless of race, this is going to be the trend for quite some time. Take a look at the undergrad population at schools across the nation. In some schools the women outnumber the men by a two-to-one margin.

It won't be long before women are the dominant majority in most post-undergrad programs.

I'd like to go to such schools and fornicate with the women.

I'm not lying when I say that one of the things I will consider when making my final law school selection is the undergrad/graduate school female-to-male ratios.

Same here, I wouldn't joke about something like that. Well...I would, but it's still one of my major topics for consideration.

This is really the case in all of higher education. Black women go to and graduate college at a much higher rate than black men also.

It's sad, but at the same time it's good for people like me. It's like being an URM of an URM, thus putting black males at the top of the URM pile.

Interesting idea. Do you think schools really look at it this way? Or do you think the HUGE disparity b/w Black gendered representation in law school is the consequence of AA policy that doesn't take gender into account? (Just because that's what I thought OP might be driving at.)

I honestly think they take gender into account, but that there just honestly aren't enough quality black male applicants, especially at the top schools. The black men graduation rate at colleges across the US is 34% while the graduation rate for black women is like 45% and when adding the fact that black women have higher college enrollment numbers too, that makes a huge difference in raw numbers.

the REAL desi

maybe the qualified black males are choosing to pursue other fields such as medicine and i-banking?

but this in intruiging. even in my own community, the desi females outnumber the desi males. of course, this has to do with our societal scorn for the legal profession and that desi males lose respect for not becoming a doctor or engineer or business owner.

From what I have seen it is more easy for a black women to succeed then a black man. For one I think the stereotypes of black men as being dangerous criminals with a propensity for violence effects them and there ability to succeed. Also I think that unfortunately black men are more likely to get caught up in the gangs and problems that plague many black communities. They also are more likely to need to get a job to support other family members. All of this contributes to the fact that black women seem more represented in academic environments.

I think that until we as country address these factors these sorts of patterns will continue. AA is a part of this because it helps to create more successful black people who can serve as mentors and role models for young black kids. One of the bigger predictors of success in life is having people in your life you have succeed from similar environments as yourself. Since most people know older adults though their parents and since most people associate more with people in their own communities having successful black men and women in various communities helps the younger members of those communities to see that they to can succeed